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[estrays]

Dolores Wyatt shared a photo. 03/15 near Recolle University

Friends, Recollians, countrymen, lend me your ears: Beware the ides of march! In other words, today, the 15th of May. :) Today is the anniversary of the day the Roman Emperor Julius Caesar was assassinated by 23 of his colleagues. Really, though, it was Shakespeare that popularized phrases like "Et tu, Brute?", "Beware the Ides of March", and even the phrase "That's Greek to me". Honestly, I'm a little superstitious, so I don't like to do anything too risky on the 15th. More than a few bad things have happened on this day in history, and in my own life.. when I was a little girl, I actually fell into the well behind my daddy's stable. It was raining harder than I'd ever seen and I was trying to make my way home. I was stuck for an hour or so. I swear I cried harder than the rain fell. Do any of y'all have any sorts of superstitions like this? Or you can tell me how your day was today, I don't mind. Linking any Ides of March memes would be fun, too. :) 💕

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[estrays]

Hamlet is one of the plays that makes you realize what a master of language Shakespeare was. I think it and his sonnets were really what opened my eyes to how much I loved him. R&J is something I learned to love upon revisiting. :)

I've never heard of that! But that's very sweet. Constellation etiquette might be the cutest thing I've ever heard of.

[caelestialis]

Which were you favourite sonnets of his? I can't help but adore Sonnet 104. There's something just so sweet and hopeful about it. And yes! I agree with you on that bit about R&J. Some people dismiss it since it's often misinterpreted but the writing in it is phenomenal. Some of the writing is just lovely.

I've been stargazing since long as I could remember. I guess I picked up on some weird things along the way because sooner or later you have to catch something besides a cold!